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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
[Pg 31]: '3d, 5, 7th' replaced by '3d, 5th, 7th'.
The [advert page] at the front of the original book had the first complete line of each of the sixteen entries in bold font. This has been slightly modified so that only the title of each entry is bolded.